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FIFA has announced details of the group seedings for the Rio 2016 Olympic football tournaments

The draw will take place on Thursday (14 April) at the Maracanã Stadium, which will host the women’s and men’s finals on 19 and 20 August

Become an Olympic football expert with our interactive infographicThe men’s tournament will feature 16 teams in four groups of four

For the draw, the teams have been divided into four pots based on a ranking according to previous Olympic performances, which has produced the unlikely sight of world champions Germany in the lowest-ranked pot

A German team has not competed at an Olympic football tournament since Seoul 1988, when West Germany took bronze

 Men’s drawPot 1: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, JapanPot 2: Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Honduras, IraqPot 3: Sweden, Fiji, Portugal, South AfricaPot 4: Algeria, Colombia, Denmark, GermanyOne team from each pot will be drawn into each group –  A, B, C and D – although FIFA’s general principle, for the men’s and women’s tournaments, is to ensure that no group has more than one team from the same continental confederation

The top-two placed teams in each of the men’s groups will proceed to the quarter-finals

Read the full draw procedures for the men's and women's tournamentsCarli Lloyd (left) celebrates her first goal as the USA beat Japan 2-1 in the London 2012 final (Photo: Getty Images/Ronald Martinez)The 12 women’s teams will also be split into four pots, based on the world rankings released on 25 March

They will be drawn into three groups of four (E, F and G), with the top two from each of the women’s groups, plus the two best third-placed teams, proceeding to the quarter-finals

Women’s drawPot 1: Brazil, USA, GermanyPot 2: France, Australia, SwedenPot 3: Canada, China, New Zealand Pot 4: Colombia, South Africa, ZimbabweSee the pre-draw match schedule for the men's and women's tournamentsThe Olympic football tournaments will be staged in seven stadiums in six cities – the Olympic Stadium will join the Maracanã in hosting matches in Rio de Janeiro, while the following stadiums will be used in the co-host cities: Amazônia Arena (Manaus), Corinthians Arena (São Paulo), Fonte Nova Arena (Salvador), Mané Garrincha Stadium (Brasília) and Mineirão (Belo Horizonte)

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